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MAPLETON, N.D. – Gov. Doug Burgum and State Superintendent Kirsten Baesler announced Kayla Delzer, a third-grade teacher at Mapleton Elementary School, as the 2019 North Dakota Teacher of the Year.

First Lady Kathryn Helgaas Burgum challenged U.S. and Canadian health officials to include people in recovery in policymaking decisions and embrace innovative approaches to recovery in communities such as the Free Through Recovery program in North Dakota.

Gov. Doug Burgum, in partnership with the North Dakota Department of Commerce, has announced an expanded community development program aimed at improving main streets, public facilities and services.

The North Dakota National Guard is sending resources to the East Coast to aid in the emergency response to Hurricane Florence if requested.

Gov. Doug Burgum has announced the recipients of the 2018 Governor’s Awards for Excellence in Public Service, recognizing team members for their positive impacts on state government and the lives of North Dakota citizens.

The multi-agency team that developed North Dakota’s Main Street Community Dashboard has won a national Government Experience Award from the Center for Digital Government.

Gov. Doug Burgum welcomed an announcement that the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) has issued a key environmental approval for the Central North Dakota Water Supply Project.

Gov. Doug Burgum has directed all government agencies to fly the United States and North Dakota flags at half-staff on Tuesday, and encouraged North Dakota residents to do the same, in memory of those who lost their lives in the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

Gov. Doug Burgum, along with governors from seven other states, met with Japanese leaders at the Midwest U.S.-Japan Association’s 50th annual conference in Omaha.

Gov. Doug Burgum and First Lady Kathryn Helgaas Burgum hosted the second Recovery Reinvented, a daylong event at the Fargo Civic Center focused on ways to reinvent recovery through eliminating the stigma of addiction, educating on the brain science of addiction and empowering recovery support in communities.